I think that's almost what it is sometimes if you sum up what acting is. It's just the ultimate expression of empathy.
I really asked myself, “Oh, my god, how am I going to do this?” That’s what I aspire to, every time I take on a new role.
It's funny, because when you work on a set, everyone is watching you. You are being observed by everyone.
I find it very strange doing voiceover stuff, because you find you have to enunciate and make stupid faces in order for the point to make sense, because it's playing against the deadpan Simpson face. If you're just speaking in the regular way you speak, it will sound really boring.
I think a shot can actually influence a scene in a huge way. For example, comedy is always better in a two-shot. What's between the characters is what's funny. So you learn about these things as you go along.
I love ambiguity. People are that way. People are very hard to work out. No one is just strong or just fragile, or anything like that.
As long as everyone is playing for the scene or the movie, rather than themselves, then you're going to have something really good.
I always think that the most interesting characters are those that are trying to cover something or those that have some sense of bravado or composure.
I was never a girl that dreamt of being a princess and I never dreamt about my wedding day. I hated pink and I hated fairies. I only liked hanging out with boys. I remember throwing a tantrum if my mum put me in pink. I wasn't a particularly girly girl.
It's nice to play someone who is naive.
My objective is that I don't try to do the same thing. I try not to emulate something I've done before. And, I'm a real people watcher, so I like trying to play characters that are as diverse from each other as possible, simply because it's more fun for me, actually.
I chop a lot of onions because I love cooking, and the times where I've never cried chopping onions is when I'm not thinking about it, when I'm talking to someone or I'm listening to music.
I love character roles. I'm happier in them. I look for roles that have some kind of complexity.
I do try hard to pick roles that differ. I love that about the job. I think the variety that's out there is to be taken advantage of and I enjoy that element of shape shifting with everything.
When I read a script, I'll have a very visceral gut reaction to what does this mean to me? How does she feel in my skin? Could I play this role?
You shouldn't strategize your career if you're in a creative realm. You can't either. I love the unknown. I love the element of surprise. I've always felt really inspired by it. I love the spontaneity of the job. I think you can't really fight against it.
It's always better just to do work that you're really proud of and work that you enjoy because really all you have are the choices you make and that's it and who knows after that. I think that's what I love in acting.
My personal feeling is that audiences are crying out for stories they can invest in and feel. I see a lot of big movies that leave me feeling rather numb.
I've always been quite a spontaneous person, so I would lean more towards, if you feel it and you know its right, then do it.
I find that it really helps that I live in the States. I'm married to an American, and I have lots of American friends.
The more we mask ourselves, the freer we're able to be within ourselves.
I think a lot of people want to, at some point in their life, be someone else, run away and escape, in some way. We actors do get to do it. We have a job that allows for that. We have an outlet for it.
I don't think I'm the best singer in the world, for sure, but I loved doing it in 'Into the Woods.' I'll always find it tough, singing in front of people.
Things happen in the way they usually should. I'm a pretty fatalistic person.
I'm definitely not a science nerd. That was not my forte at school.
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